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About Foreign Land

From Jonathan Raban, the award–winning author of Bad LandandPassage to Juneau, comes this quirky and insightful story of what can happen when one can and does go home again.

For the past thirty years, George Grey has been a ship bunker in the fictional west African nation of Montedor, but now he’s returning home to England-to a daughter who’s a famous author he barely knows, to a peculiar new friend who back in the sixties was one of England’s more famous singers, and to the long and empty days of retirement during which he’s easy prey to the melancholy of memories, all the more acute since the woman he loves is still back in Africa. Witty, charming and masterly crafted,Foreign Landis an exquisitely moving tale of awkward relationships and quiet redemption.

About Foreign Land

From Jonathan Raban, the award–winning author of Bad LandandPassage to Juneau, comes this quirky and insightful story of what can happen when one can and does go home again.

For the past thirty years, George Grey has been a ship bunker in the fictional west African nation of Montedor, but now he’s returning home to England-to a daughter who’s a famous author he barely knows, to a peculiar new friend who back in the sixties was one of England’s more famous singers, and to the long and empty days of retirement during which he’s easy prey to the melancholy of memories, all the more acute since the woman he loves is still back in Africa. Witty, charming and masterly crafted,Foreign Landis an exquisitely moving tale of awkward relationships and quiet redemption.

Praise

"Jonathan Raban’s achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome."–The Washington Post

"Raban has a wonderful gift…These characters seem to index an entire civilization."–The Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Raban is a first-rate observer, with an eye for the ridiculous and a gift for the sudden pounce."–Newsday

About Jonathan Raban

Jonathan Raban is the author, most recently, of the novels Surveillance and Waxwings; his nonfiction includes Passage to Juneau and Bad Land. His honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’… More about Jonathan Raban

About Jonathan Raban

Jonathan Raban is the author, most recently, of the novels Surveillance and Waxwings; his nonfiction includes Passage to Juneau and Bad Land. His honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’… More about Jonathan Raban